Hathaway
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Two possible origins:
- A topographic surname for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land”) + weġ (“way”).
- A metronymic surname from the rare Old English personal name Heaþuwig, which is composed of the elements heaþu (“stife, contention”) and wīg (“war”).
Proper noun edit
Hathaway (countable and uncountable, plural Hathaways)
- (countable) A surname from Old English.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hathaway is the 1966th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18401 individuals. Hathaway is most common among White (90.3%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hathaway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141.